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If you're anywhere near the Salem area, be sure to head over to Silverton where you can visit the Oregon Gardens and a short drive away is Silver Falls. There are at least 7 beautiful waterfalls that you can hike to and you can even walk behind a couple of the falls, seeing them from the inside...

Flyinfeathers, Welcome to the forum. :frow Always glad to have another seasoned, rainy day chicken keeper around. I'm in Salem, with 21 girls in my flock, but 12 of them will be making the trip to the freezer soon to make way for the 15 young'uns on the way later this month.

We have a covered run (18' x 40') that has about 4" of sand on it. Underneath the sand is clay which slopes toward the back corner. Along the two low sides we installed a french drain. So, even though rain can blow in the sides of the run (through the 1/2" hardware cloth), the sand drains very...

Susan, The standard requirements are 4 square feet per bird inside coop space, and 10 square feet per bird for outside run space. As long as the space in the run stays fairly dry during the winter rains, the standard 10 square feet per bird is adequate. Here's a good thread to read through...

I'm a little hesitant to say how much I spent because I really went overboard, using the best materials I could (a lot of pressure treated lumber, 8 vinyl windows, 1/2 inch hardware cloth around the entire run and 20 inches into the ground, Tyvec wrapping, T1-11 siding, vinyl flooring, cupola &...

Yes, there is a 60 watt bulb in the cinder block. It is plugged into a thermostatically controlled socket that comes on when it gets 34 degrees or colder and turns off when it is 40 degrees or warmer.

Yes, the hen house is raised about 20 inches above the ground. Here's a link to the project of building the coop. Having it raised off the ground gives a place for the girls to escape to during the wind and the rain. The south and west sides come down to the ground for weather protection. The...

Javaferret, I'm outside the city limits of Salem (a little north of Philomath) and have an 8x8 chicken house and a 20x80 run. I have pine shavings in the hen house and sand in the run (the run is covered, however). I haven't had any issues with moisture at all. One other predator you might...

I believe I got it from Terra Gardens, here on the East Side.

I use standard washed river sand. It has some larger particulate than sandbox sand, but chickens need the larger pieces for their gizzard to work properly.

Another thing I like about the sand in the run is the fact that I can soak it completely with water during the hot weather that we've been having and it cools the run by about 10 degrees. We have clay under the sand and it slopes to the side and back of the run where we have french drains, so...

Stephanie, We are in Salem also (just outside the city limits on the East side). We have pine shavings in the hen house (deep litter method) and sand in the run. If you're not familiar with the deep litter method, do a search on this site. We have poo boards under the perches which get...

Salem, just outside the city limits on the East side. We're pretty new to chickens, but we've jumped in in a big way. We have 24 in our flock. 14 Egg Layers 5 Red Rock (we think that's what they are) that were given to us to start our flock 2 Buff Orpingtons 2 Spotted Sussex 2 Blue Wyandottes...